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August 18, 2005 Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, receives 10 consecutive life sentences August 18, 1996 Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open August 18, 1996 Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in New York City August 18, 1995 Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save August 18, 1994 5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171 August 18, 1993 Historical Kapelbrug in Luzern Switz, destroyed by fire August 18, 1992 "Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion New York City for 61 performances August 18, 1991 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic August 18, 1991 Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind August 18, 1991 Pan Am games closes in Havana August 18, 1989 Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin August 18, 1989 Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankee manager August 18, 1988 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment August 18, 1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million August 18, 1988 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket August 18, 1987 Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL August 18, 1987 Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24) August 18, 1987 Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it August 18, 1987 Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47) August 18, 1986 Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness August 18, 1986 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on WYSP 94.1 FM August 18, 1986 Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years) August 18, 1986 John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight August 18, 1986 WYSP-FM Philadelphia begins simulcasting Howard Stern Show August 18, 1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf August 18, 1985 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins MasterCard International Pro-Am Golf Tourn August 18, 1985 Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby) August 18, 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire August 18, 1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas August 18, 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel August 18, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 18, 1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order August 18, 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) August 18, 1982 NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded August 18, 1982 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance August 18, 1982 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) August 18, 1981 "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 119 performances August 18, 1981 Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons August 18, 1981 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million August 18, 1980 Kansas City Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400 August 18, 1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds August 18, 1979 Nick Lowe marries singer Carlene Carter August 18, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 18, 1978 Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers and firefighters August 18, 1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland August 18, 1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter August 18, 1976 U.S.S.R.'s Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon August 18, 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA St. Paul Keller Golf Open August 18, 1973 Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet August 18, 1973 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record August 18, 1972 Police fine Paul and Linda McCartney 800 pounds in Sweden cannabis possession August 18, 1969 Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" August 18, 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic August 18, 1967 Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton August 18, 1967 Rolling Stones release "We Love You" August 18, 1967 WCBS radio in New York City goes all-news August 18, 1965 Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box August 18, 1965 Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler) August 18, 1964 Beatles arrive in San Francisco, 2nd U.S. visit August 18, 1964 Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon August 18, 1964 South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies August 18, 1964 U.S.S.R. launch 3 Kosmos satellites August 18, 1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi August 18, 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament August 18, 1962 Peter, Paul and Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" August 18, 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed August 18, 1960 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois August 18, 1960 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa August 18, 1960 Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg) August 18, 1960 Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies August 18, 1959 Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be President of Continental League August 18, 1958 "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, published August 18, 1958 Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel August 18, 1958 Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title August 18, 1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland and Wales) August 18, 1958 Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records August 18, 1958 TV game show scandal investigation starts August 18, 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak August 18, 1958 Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ August 18, 1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4 ") August 18, 1957 Betty Dodd wins LPGA Colonial Golf Open August 18, 1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46 August 18, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 18, 1956 Cin Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a 9 inning game August 18, 1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" reaches #1 August 18, 1955 Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US August 18, 1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) August 18, 1955 Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria August 18, 1954 James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting August 18, 1951 Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth August 18, 1949 Hungary adopts constitution August 18, 1949 Ralph Flanagan and his orch records "You're Breaking My Heart" August 18, 1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 August 18, 1946 Golf Writers Associaton of America forms August 18, 1945 Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off August 18, 1944 Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers August 18, 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris August 18, 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp conquers Chartres August 18, 1943 Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd and final game, all with Giants August 18, 1943 Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz August 18, 1943 Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia August 18, 1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japs August 18, 1941 Concentration camp Amersfoort opens August 18, 1941 Phillies commit 8 errors in a game August 18, 1940 71 German aircrafts shot down above England August 18, 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada August 18, 1937 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) August 18, 1936 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa August 18, 1934 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64) August 18, 1934 Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 mins, 32 fours 1 six August 18, 1934 Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng August 18, 1932 Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon August 18, 1932 Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic August 18, 1931 Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game August 18, 1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service August 18, 1926 England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 August 18, 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time August 18, 1925 Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts August 18, 1925 Cardinal Mercier warns Belgians against socialism/liberalism August 18, 1924 France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied August 18, 1923 37th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) August 18, 1920 1st class debut of Walter Hammond August 18, 1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right August 18, 1919 Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois August 18, 1917 Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) August 18, 1915 Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1 August 18, 1914 Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp August 18, 1914 French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg August 18, 1914 President Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality" August 18, 1896 Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times August 18, 1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration August 18, 1891 Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die August 18, 1886 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles August 18, 1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494' August 18, 1872 1st mail-order catalog issued by A. M. Ward August 18, 1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties August 18, 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse August 18, 1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault August 18, 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days August 18, 1862 General Lee's adjutant major Stuart captured August 18, 1862 Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota August 18, 1858 Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement August 18, 1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's U.S. forces captures Santa Fe, New Mexico August 18, 1840 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York August 18, 1838 1st U.S. marine expedition August 18, 1835 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago August 18, 1834 Mt. Vesuvius erupts August 18, 1817 Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore August 18, 1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves August 18, 1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 August 18, 1759 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France August 18, 1735 Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) August 18, 1700 Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark August 18, 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam August 18, 1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus August 18, 1674 Jean Racine's "Iphigenie," premieres in Versailles August 18, 1605 Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen August 18, 1572 King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois August 18, 1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente August 18, 1289 Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem" August 18, 410 King Alarik I's Visigoten occupies and plunders Rome |